Willard’s micro-sculptures are now so minute that they are only visible through a microscope. Each piece commonly sits within the eye of a needle, or on a pin head.

He’s just created his smallest work to date: a golden motorbike inside a spot of his stubble.

“I made the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in the eye of a needle”

“This time I’ve taken it a million steps further. I wanted to challenge myself to see how small I could really go.”

“I put my finger beneath the microscope. And I had a look. And I saw the finest hairs – stubble – in between my finger print.”

“So. I took the hair out. I used very fine tools and some gold. And I drilled a hole in the middle of the hair and hollowed out the hair, which is painstaking… Well, it drove me insane… I made the hole transparent. And inside it I made a golden motorbike. “